Category: National Agenda

Choi, Pietrangelo arrested at White House protest of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

Lt. Dan Choi was arrested Thursday after handcuffing himself to a White House fence to protest the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. Choi, a gay rights activist [...]

Will Phillips: ‘Lack of equality for some is lack of equality for all’

Catch Will Phillips accepting the award for Outstanding TV Journalism Segment at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York on Saturday. Phillips appeared in the award winning segment "Why Will Won't Pledge Allegiance" [...]

Eric Massa rebuffs the gay question; calls ‘groping’ male staffers a ‘tickle fight’

Former U.S. congressman, Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) Tuesday night refused to answer a blunt question by CNN's Larry King: "are you gay?" Massa is accused of groping male staffers and the House ethics committee is [...]

Lieberman, Senate Democrats introduce bill to repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

Senator Joe Lieberman (I-Connecticut) introduced a bill on Wednesday to repeal the ban on openly gay service members in the military. The current law, dubbed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," calls for service members to be [...]

Sen. Lieberman announces plans to introduce repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

[caption id="attachment_6482" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Lieberman"][/caption] Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) is expected to introduce a bill next week to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," adding an independent voice to the movement to overturn the 1993 law [...]

Gen. Petraeus doesn’t believe soldiers really care if they serve with gays and lesbians

[caption id="attachment_6408" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Patraeus"][/caption] Gen. David Petraeus, head of Central Command, indicated on Sunday that he doesn't believe soldiers care if they serve with gays and lesbians. "I'm not sure that they do," Petraeus [...]

Speaker booed off stage after condemning CPAC for inviting gay republican group

[caption id="attachment_6338" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Sorba"][/caption] Here's another homophobic loudmouth looking for his fifteen minutes of fame on Fox News: During a lightning round of two-minute speeches by young activists at the Conservative Political Action Conference [...]

Anti-gay groups speak out on ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ call homosexuality a ‘deathstyle’

Several leaders of anti-gay groups held a press conference Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, DC., to voice support for maintaining the failed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy on gays in [...]

Tom Goss, Matt Alber sing out against ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

Gay artists Tom Goss and Matt Alber were in D.C. this week, preparing for their upcoming joint tour when they wrote “This Is Who We Are,” an anthem against the U.S. military’s failed policy of [...]

Colin Powell says he now supports repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

[caption id="attachment_6489" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Powell"][/caption] Retired Army Gen. Colin L. Powell, whose opposition to allowing gay men and lesbians to serve openly in the military helped lead to adoption of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" [...]